Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Y i kahi kanaka kupaianaha me ka ikaika a me ke kūpaʻa
I kēia mau lā, Ua kaumaha ke kaiāulu Y i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hala ʻana o ka lālā Y lōʻihi a me ka mea ola Holocaust, Lou Yehuda Strauss. Ua hōʻike ʻo Lou Strauss i nā hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi loa ma ka Y. Ua ʻōlelo kona ʻohana i kona wā hoʻolewa i kona manaʻo nui i ka ʻaina awakea me kāna mau hoaaloha i kēlā me kēia lā ma ko mākou hale kiʻekiʻe, Ke kikowaena no nā mākua e noho maikaʻi ana (ʻO C.A.L.W), a me ke komo ʻana i nā hana like ʻole ma ka C.A.L.W a hiki i ka ʻae ʻole ʻana o kona olakino iā ia.
Hānau ʻia i ke keiki a kahi mea hale kūʻai kīʻaha ma ke kauhale o Wachenbuchen, Kelemānia, Ua hana ʻo Lou i kāna ʻike ʻino mua i kona wā ʻeono makahiki, a make aku la kona makuakane i ka la o ka la o Kipura. Ua koi ʻia kona makuahine e hana i nā mea e pono ai, ma muli o ka make ʻana o kona makuakāne, kahi o kona mau kaikuaana elua, Ernst a me Simona, pono e kokua. ʻOiai ke puka ʻana me nā māka kiʻekiʻe mai ke kula Iudaio ma 14, ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hele i ke kula kiʻekiʻe a ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi haumāna ma ke ʻano he ʻoki daimana, a hiki i ka hiki ana o Hitler i ka mana, kahi i koi ʻia ai kona haku hana e hoʻokuʻu iā ia. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke loaʻa kahi hana ʻē aʻe i kēlā manawa no ka mea he Iudaio ʻo ia.
ʻO ia ka manawa i noho ai kona mau kaikuaʻana, Simona me Ernst, hoʻohuli iā ia e haʻalele iā Kelemānia. Ua haʻalele mua ʻo Ernst, e noho me ka ʻohana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa., ʻoiai ʻo Lou lāua ʻo Simon i noi aku i nā palapala passport e haʻalele i Palesetina, oiai o Lou wale no 14. Me ka hoʻomau nui a me ka ʻoihana aupuni e ʻae iā ia e haʻalele no ka mea, ma ka olelo a ka bureaucrat, "hoʻokahi i emi iho ka Iudaio ma kēia ʻāina", Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Lou i kahi passport a kau i ka moku i Haifa mai ke kōkua ʻana o ka hui Iudaio, Patria, kahi āna e haʻalele ai i kēia ʻohana. ʻAʻole hiki iā Simon ke haʻalele iā Kelemānia a ua hoʻouna ʻia ʻo ia i kahi hoʻomoana hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Me ke kokua ana mai o ke Kea Ulaula, ua hiki iā ia ke haʻalele i ʻEnelani ma hope o ke kaua. Ua lawe ʻia ko lākou makuahine i Minsk i ke kaua, kahi i ola ole ai. ʻO Lou a me kona mau kaikunāne wale nō i loko o ko lākou ʻohana i hana.
Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana i kahi kibbutz ma Palesetina, kahi i aʻo mua ʻia ai ʻo ia e hoʻohana i ka pū a kū kiaʻi ma ka hale kiaʻi, Ua hāʻawi ʻo Lou e komo i ka pūʻali koa Pelekania akā ua haʻi ʻia ʻo ia no ka mea aia ʻo Rommel ma ka Hikina Waena, pono lākou e mālama i nā poʻe ʻōpio he nui ma Palesetina, pono ma ka hihia. aka, ʻo ia ke kuleana o nā mīkini ma kekahi o nā māla ʻalani nui o ia wahi. Ua hana 'o ia, ua ʻike mākou i ka ʻeleʻele a pau i ke ahi. Ua pilikia nui nā ʻoihana Iudaio. Ua nele ko lakou mau halekuai, lawelawe ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā mea hoʻokele mua no ka Air Force Israeli hou ma hope o ke kaua, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i manaʻo ua kūpono ʻo ia e hana pēlā. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā makahiki e hele ana mai ka hale ʻaina a i ka hale ʻai, ʻohi ʻana i nā ʻāpana ʻokoʻa mai ke koena spitfires i waiho ʻia e nā Pelekane, ʻo ia paha ka mea i kōkua i kāna mau akamai i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma ke ʻano he mechanic.
Oiai ma Palesetine, ua hui a mare i kana wahine, ʻO Eva, i loko 1943, a hanau ka laua makahiapo, David, i loko 1949, ka mea i loohia i ka polio i ka makahiki elua. Ua haʻi aku kāna keiki ʻo David i ka lawe ʻana o kona makuakāne iā ia ma luna o kona poʻohiwi i nā wahi a pau āna e hele ai, no laila ʻaʻole ʻo ia e "nalo i kekahi mea". ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ʻo Lou e haʻalele i ka ʻIseraʻela a neʻe i New York, no laila hiki i kāna keiki ke hana i kāna hana e pono ai. Ua noi ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu mau mai ka Air Force Israeli a loaʻa iā ia. In 1956, Ua noho kona ʻohana ma New York City, a ua hiki i kāna keiki ke loaʻa ke ʻoki i makemake ʻia me nā hopena kūleʻa. Ma hope o ka noho ʻana ma New York, ua hānau ʻo lāua me kāna wahine i kā lāua keiki kāne ʻelua, ʻO Ralph.
ʻOiai ma New York ua hana ʻo Lou ma ke ʻano he mechanic a loaʻa iā ia kahi hale hoʻokele kinoea me kahi hale hoʻoponopono ma Bronx. Ma muli o ka mana kaulana, pono ʻo ia e haʻalele i kāna ʻoihana, akā ʻo kāna mea hoʻokūkū ma ke alanui, ʻO ia wale nō ka mea nona ka hale hoʻokele kino ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika ma ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa o New York i kēlā manawa, noi iā ia i hoa pili, ma muli o nā hana ʻoihana ʻoiaʻiʻo a kaulana a Lou. Makemake ʻo Lou i nā mea e pili ana i nā mīkini a me nā kamepiula. E hoʻomanaʻo ana kāna mau keiki kāne i kāna hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā lākou he "lā weliweli ʻo ia, ka lā pōʻino loa o kona ola", no ka mea, ʻaʻole hana kāna kamepiula. Ua hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna kamepiula i kona mau makahiki he 90. Aloha nō hoʻi ʻo ia i ke kiʻi. ʻO kona kaikunāne, Simona, hāʻawi iā ia i ka pahupaʻikiʻi ma mua o kona haʻalele ʻana i Palesetina. ʻOiai ua hopu ʻia mai iā ia i kona hiki ʻana i laila, ʻO kēlā pahu kiʻi mua i loaʻa iā ia i hoʻāla i kona aloha no ka hopu ʻana i nā manawa o nā kānaka ma nā kiʻi.
ʻOiai e noho ana ma kahi kokoke i Washington Heights, ʻo ia ka YM & ʻO YWHA o Wakinekona Heights & Inwood, kahi i loaʻa ai iā ia kahi kaiāulu o nā Iudaio Kelemania ʻē aʻe a hiki ke manaʻo i ka home. Akā ʻo ka mea i ʻokoʻa ai ʻo Lou mai nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ke kaiāulu ʻo ia kona manaʻo kupaianaha o ka hoʻomanawanui a me ke komo ʻana, e apo ana i ke kaiaulu like ole a me ka loli ana ma kona kaiāulu, i ka wā i kamaʻilio ʻole ʻia kēia mau pilikia i kēlā manawa. Ua kono ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he malihini hanohano e hoʻi i kona kūlanakauhale hānau ma Kelemania, kahi āna i hauʻoli ai e haʻi i kāna moʻolelo i nā keiki kula ma laila. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hoʻololi ʻana iā Hanukkah, Aloha Kalikimaka a me ka makahiki hou me ka meia o ia kaona a me kana wahine, mahope iho.
Ua aloha ʻo ia iā New York City a me kāna waiwai: Ma New York - hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kekahi mea, e lilo i mea, mai ka mea ole mai a loaa na mea a pau. ʻO ka Y, ma na ano he nui, ke kikowaena o kāna pūnaewele kaiaulu. Ua kakali ʻo ia i ka ʻaina awakea me kona mau hoaaloha a me nā papa o kēlā me kēia lā i hāʻawi ʻia e ka C.AL.W, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā papa yoga i hāʻawi ʻia no ka poʻe ʻelemakule a me nā hana i kākoʻo ʻia e ka 1933 Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ke kālā e kākoʻo i ka Community Jewish Émigré Community. I ka wā i ʻae ʻole ai kona olakino iā ia e komo i nā hana ma ka Y, ua kākoʻo ʻia ʻo ia e nā lawelawe mai ka Y's Hudson Community Project (Palekana ma ka Home), hāʻawi kālā ʻia e ka UJA Federation o NY ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka hui, Kokua ponoi, e hana pū ana me nā mea ola Holocaust, Nā lawelawe kahu hānai, a me Mt. Sinai. Ua hoʻolako ʻia nā meaʻai hoʻomaha Iudaio e ka luakini ʻo Emanu-El.
Mahalo nui ʻia ʻo Lou Yehuda Strauss e ka poʻe o mākou ma ke kaiāulu Y. Ua haʻalele ʻia kāna mau keiki kāne ʻelua, elima moopuna, a me hoʻokahi moʻopuna. kana wahine o 60 Ka moolelo o Hana, ʻO Eva, ua hala ma 2003. ʻO ia a me nā lālā ʻē aʻe e like me ia ke kumu e hoʻomau ai ka Y i kāna hoʻoilina o ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mea ola Holocaust a haʻi i kā lākou mau moʻolelo.. Makemake mau ʻo Lou e haʻi i kāna moʻolelo i kona ʻohana, hoa, a me ke kookoo Y, a ke lana nei ko makou manao e hiki no hoi ia makou ke hai aku i kana me ka hoomanao ana a me ka malama ana i ko Lou hoomanao ana.
Moe i ka maluhia, ko makou hoa aloha.
